Rhythm & Beyond

Specialties

We are proud to offer a wide variety of dance, music, art, and martial arts classes for kids, and adults in Niles, Morton Grove, Skokie, Park Ridge, Chicago, and Glenview areas. We provide the highest quality dance, music, art, and martial art classes using the rich tradition of classical and contemporary technique. In addition to teaching all students in classical and modern ballet, we offer hip hop for kids and adults, belly dance, wedding dance, and ballroom dance classes for all ages, staging original and contemporary choreography. Our instructors have graduated from the world’s finest schools & colleges and have performed with the most prestigious companies throughout the world.

We offer: Kids Dance Classes — Ballet classes, Ballroom Dance, Hip Hop, Teen Dance classes, Contemporary/​Modern, Acrobatic & Tumbling Adults Dance Classes — Ballet classes, Ballroom Dance, Hip Hop Dance classes, Belly Dance, Wedding Dance, Private lessons. Kids Music Lessons — Voice, Musikgarten, Mammy and Me, Group or Private Piano and Guitar. Art — Drawing, Painting, Paint with Us program. Birthday Party — Thematic Birthday Party. Enrichment Classes — For kids 2 years and up.

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History

Established in 2011.

We are a brand new dance and music school and just opened our doors in September 2011.

Meet the Business Owner

Larisa K.

Business Owner

Larisa was born in Moscow, Russia. At the age of 7 she was accepted to the Moscow School of Music, which she graduated in 1986. After 12 years of the extensive piano education, she received a degree in piano performance and chamber ensemble. While studying at the Moscow School of Music, she performed as an accompanist for vocal and chamber concerts.

In 1995 she graduated from the Moscow University with a Master of Fine Arts in Music Education. Larisa has been teaching piano for over 20 years both in Russia and in the U.S. Her students won multiple local, state, and international competitions. She also teaches piano to kids with special needs. In 2010 she completed a graduate program at Northeastern Illinois University with a Masters degree in Special Education.

Larisa has worked as a private piano teacher in Chicago since 2002. She is a member of the Illinois Music Teacher Association, Music Teacher National Association, and the National Association of Special Education Teachers.